Re: [PATCH] DT_UNKNOWN: do not fully trust existence of DT_UNKNOWN

From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 20, 2006, 21:53 UTC
Message-ID: <20060120215314.GA4203@steel.home>
In-Reply-To: <7vzmlqaf5o.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano, Fri, Jan 20, 2006 20:10:59 +0100:

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> >> The recent Cygwin defines DT_UNKNOWN although it does not have d_type
> >> in struct dirent.  Give an option to tell us not to use d_type on such
> >> platforms.  Hopefully this problem will be transient.
> >
> > You still have to #undef all the DT_ macros if you have a somewhat
> > old Cygwin (before Christopher removed the macros).
> 
> Ah, you mean something like this?
> 
> +#undef DT_UNKNOWN
> +#undef DT_DIR
> +#undef DT_REG
> +#undef DT_LNK

yes, of course